Arguably, the Mount Rushmore National Memorial is already a defacement; for the Lakota, the faces of US presidents represent a theft and desecration of the Black Hills. But there are many who find the faces of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln to be a sacred site of… »10/14/12 7:00am 10/14/12 7:00am

If invading Martians or raging Kryptonians ever destroy the faces of Mount Rushmore, at least we'll have a backup to work from. A team of Scottish scientists are teaming up with the American company CyArk to create a 3D model of the monument, which CyArk claims will be accurate within 3mm, in case archeologists ever… »8/27/09 4:30pm 8/27/09 4:30pm